Professionals, carers or 'strangers'? Liminality and the typification of postnatal home care workers

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-285

  Zadoroznyj, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domiciliary postnatal care; Liminality; Paid care; Typification

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249117416     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508101165     Document Type: Article

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